Archive for October 25th, 2007
Garcia Marquez to be honored in Italy
5:44 pm By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|literature|World · Comments Off
25 Oct 2007
Colombian literary legend Gabriel Garcia Marquez must be one of the most frequently awarded Latin American figures alive today. And Gabo’s habit of picking up honors just keeps on, as the writer will receive a special honor at the XXII Festival de Cine Latinoamericano in Trieste, Italy next month.
In homage to Garcia Marquez’s contribution to Latin American cinema, more than 40 films related to him — with scripts he’s written for the big screen, films based on his novels, and even shorts developed in scriptwriting workshops he’s been a part of — will be shown at the festival.
The festival itself also looks to be shaping up to be a grand event. Aside from Gabo’s homage, there will be a Bunuel retrospective and film tribute to the memory of the Chilean ex-president Salvador Allende.
Via / El Universal (Venezuela)
“Reina Hispanoamérica” pageant takes Bolivia
3:49 pm By Maegan La Mala · Bolivia|Events|Latin America|Women · Comments Off
25 Oct 2007
It’s objectification at its finest as all eyes in Bolivia are on the “Reina Hispanoamérica” pageant, which takes place tonight. Though judging for the title officially starts today, the beauties have already gone through a round of lesser awards:
“…’Best Hair’ went to Honduras, ‘Best Smile’ to Brasil, ‘Miss Photogenic’ and ‘Best regional outfit’ to Paraguy and ‘Best Silhouette’ and ‘Most Beautiful Face’ for the Dominican Republic.
“Let’s just hope everyone’s hair is real, there are no controversial charro skirts, and no weirdos rush the stage.
Via / Yahoo! Spain
Menudo Comes Back Tonight : Shut Up and Listen
11:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Music|TV · Comments Off
25 Oct 2007The new Menudo begins tonight and as a fan of the old Menudo (and I mean fan. I went to the movies, was a regular in the Menudo store and even went on the Menudo tour bus a time or two) these next batch of boys don’t stir my passions. Of course they are babies and in comparison I’m a vieja. Also, what’s up with them singing about Bentleys? Subete a mi Bentley just doesn’t have the same feel. Did the old Menudo sound like girls???
Giving Birth in Rural Guatemala
10:40 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Guatemala|Health|Women · Comments Off
25 Oct 2007
Childbirth isn’t an easy process for any woman, but an article I came across this morning highlights the problems women, mostly Indigenous women, face in rural Guatemala. Part of the problem is poverty, made worse by machista attitudes towards pregnancy and childbirth
….in Guatemala, where 1 in every 71 women who becomes pregnant during her lifetime dies from causes associated with pregnancy, delivery and the postpartum period. In the Latin America-Caribbean region that’s second only to Haiti, where the risk is 1 in 44. Often women in difficult labor are carried down in a hammock by menfrom the 16-family community, a journey that takes about two hours. Once they reach the nearest passable road, they could try to flag down a ride. But more often they would still have to walk the rest of the way as well, taking at least another four hours.
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